##e grounded on a sand ##bank at the entrance to the port which raised the suspicions of a guard ##boat sent by the governor of za ##mbo ##anga , ray ##mund ##o es ##pan ##ol . the captain of the spanish boat asked the british ships the names of their captains , and on receiving no answer but a volley of rifle fire , he put the town on alert . with the defenders fore ##war ##ned , cooke abandoned his ruse and after ref ##lo ##ating sy ##bill ##e the following morning , ordered a bombardment of the fort protecting the harbour . this had little effect , though later the spanish recovered at least 450 cannon ##balls from different caliber ##s , and malcolm then attempted
##e grounded on a sandbank at the entrance to the port which raised the suspicions of a guardboat sent by the governor of zamboanga, raymundo espanol. the captain of the spanish boat asked the british ships the names of their captains, and on receiving no answer but a volley of rifle fire, he put the town on alert. with the defenders forewarned, cooke abandoned his ruse and after refloating sybille the following morning, ordered a bombardment of the fort protecting the harbour. this had little effect, though later the spanish recovered at least 450 cannonballs from different calibers, and malcolm then attempted